EsquireNowTrump Has Been Spoiling for This Fight the Whole Timeverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceI am no fan of gag orders per se, but this one had to happen. the real fight has begun. From Forbes: Judge Arthur Engoron imposed the gag order Tuesday on the second day of Trump’s trial, in which New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses the former president and his company of fraudulently …
Esquire2 hours agoUnsurprisingly, Amy Coney Barrett's Weird Church Faces Allegations of Abuseverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceThe feds won't confirm if there was an investigation, but weird ideas for sure beget weird behavior. Now this is a strange one. Unsurprising, at this point, but strange nonetheless. There are corners of Holy Mother Church in which weird ideas beget weird behavior. From the Guardian: The individuals …
Esquire2 hours agoIf the GOP Was Ever Going to Flex on Trump, This Is the Timeverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceThe latest from Team Trump gives them all the ammo they need. But don't count on it. Musical Accompaniment To This Post) Its candidate occupied with slandering the judge who alone is capable of burning his Potemkin business career to the ground, the Trump campaign thinks it would be a good idea if …
Esquire8 hours agoYusef Salaam and the Act of Forgivenessverified_publisherEsquire - Mark Warren and Photographs By Norman Jean RoyAs one of the Central Park Five, he served seven years in prison for a horrific crime he didn’t commit. Now he wants to serve the city that condemned him. Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do …
Esquire1 day agoThe Payday Loan Industry Is Coming for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureauverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceIt could defang the whole thing, but that's not all. The Supreme Court is open for business again — and, yes, I mean that in every sense of the phrase — and, on Tuesday, it will decide whether to line up with American consumers or with the payday loan industry, which I would call a bunch of …
Esquire1 day agoTexas Has Had It With People Traveling to New Mexico for Abortions Their State Has Denied Themverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceAbortion rights supporters say this is unconstitutional, but why should that matter? While we do like to save what happens in the several states for our semi-regular weekly survey on Thursday, sometimes, the authoritarian impulse so overwhelms governors and state legislatures that waiting three days …
